Thread-cutting attachment for thimbles



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M;- POGG. v THREAD CUTTING ATTACHMENT PGR THIMBLES.

No. 502,036. 1 Patented J'u1y25, 1893..

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

MARY FOGG, OF BEAVER DAM, WISCONSIN.

THREAD-CUTTING ATTACHMENT FOR THIMBLES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 502,036, dated July 25,1893. Application filed April 17, 1893- Serial No. 470,609. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MARY FOGG, a citizen of the United States, and aresident of Beaver Dam, in the county of Dodge, and in the State ofWisconsin, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in ThimbleAttachments; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full,clear, and exact description thereof.

My invention has for its object to provide a sewing-thimble with anattachment that will serve as a thread-cutter, basting or seam-ripperand various other purposes necessitating an implement having aknife-edge and point.

To this end the said invention consists in certain peculiarities ofconstruction and combination of parts hereinafter described withreference to the accompanying drawings and subsequently claimed.

In the drawings: Figure 1 represents a perspective view of asewing-thimble with my attachment in position thereon; Fig. 2, avertical transverse section of the same taken on line 2-2 of thesucceeding figure, and Fig. 3, a horizontal section taken on line 33 ofthe preceding figure.

the inside of the same as best shown in Fig. 2, whereby there is aclamping engagement of said spring-plate and thimble.

Fast to the outer portion of the plate B in any suitable manner or byany suitable means is a steel blade 0 of any desirable contour buthaving its lower end in the form of a knife-edge and point, this bladebeing employed for the purpose of cutting thread drawn from a spool,ripping bastings or seams and for doing various other work incidental tosewing for which a sharp edged and pointed implement is convenient ifnot absolutely necessary.

The attachment herein described is light and economical in the matter ofits construction and can be readily attached to any ordinary thimble,while at the same time it is as readily detached from said thimble andwill be found of material advantage to any one employed in the art ofsewing.

Having thus described my invention, What I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

An attachment for thimbles comprising a recurved springplate havingoffset prongs of less length than itself, and a cutting-blade projectingoutward from the plate, substantially as set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand, atBeaver Dam, in the county of Dodge and State of Wisconsin, in thepresence of two witnesses.

MARY FOGG.

Witnesses:

E. O. PRATT, THOMAS H. FOGG.

